Dont put out press releases??? What sought of protest organisation are you, you are relying on the
police and Vicroads to promote your ride?
"David Sutton" <
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> > Didnt critical mass provide press releases conveying what the group were going to do and wasn't
> > the organisations aim to disrupt peak hour
traffic
> > through one of the main east exits from the city. Surely the RADIO JOCKS comments and reaction
> > was what was expected by the Critical Mass. The
abuse
> > that followed is surely a result of the organisations actions.
>
> The only press releases put out were from the Police & CityLink. Critical Mass NEVER puts out
> press releases. Not this time nor any time in the
past.
> Where did you get this info from?
>
>
> >> The Age "VicRoads traffic controllers said the event did not seem to have
caused
> >> congestion in other parts of the city"
> > Sure our roads infrastructure handled this sought of traffic before the tunnels were built. But
> > your missing the point. Critical Mass's aim was
to
> > inconvienience drivers, who yes were fired up by the media, who were
fueled
> > by the CM press releases. Who then took it out on us.
>
> The aim was to demonstrate in favour of sustainable transport, and to show how much fun bikes can
> be. And there were no press releases (see above).
>
>
> >> "After police drove through the closed tunnel at 6.30pm, the first five cyclists entered from
> >> Power Street at 6.35pm. The rest entered from
Kings
> >> Way two minutes later. The tunnel was reopened at 7.15pm."
> >>
> >>
> >> So, far from the projected chaos on the roads, the resulting effect on traffic caused barely a
> >> ripple, according to the authorities. And the
> > tunnel
> >> was closed for a total of 45 minutes -- far from the 2 hours which the
> > radio
> >> jocks were screaming about.
> > OK but there were only 430 riders riding 3 km. If the CM numbers that
have
> > been experienced in other parts of the had riden through the tunnel,
traffic
> > could have been held up for 2 hours
>
> The largest ever CM ride in Melbourne was about 770 riders, so it would
have
> been silly to expect that there would be thousands flooding out of the woodwork last Friday
> (especially on a cold & maybe rainy night). So the
ride
> was never going to require more than 45mins of tunnel closure.